Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The American Society of Muslims was a predominantly African-American association of Muslims which was the direct descendent of the original Nation of Islam. It was created by Warith Deen Mohammed after he assumed leadership of the Nation of Islam upon the death of his father Elijah Muhammad. Imam W. Deen Mohammed changed the name of the Nation of Islam to the \"World community of Islam in the West\" in 1976, and then to the \"American Muslim Mission\" in 1981 and then to the \"American Society of Muslims\".The group largely accepted beliefs and practices based on mainstream Sunni Islam, abandoning many of the distinctive claims of the founders of the Nation of Islam. W.D. Mohammed retired as the leader of the association in 2003, and established a charity called The Mosque Cares. The organization disbanded shortly after Mohammed retired in 2003."@en }
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- American_Society_of_Muslims abstract "The American Society of Muslims was a predominantly African-American association of Muslims which was the direct descendent of the original Nation of Islam. It was created by Warith Deen Mohammed after he assumed leadership of the Nation of Islam upon the death of his father Elijah Muhammad. Imam W. Deen Mohammed changed the name of the Nation of Islam to the \"World community of Islam in the West\" in 1976, and then to the \"American Muslim Mission\" in 1981 and then to the \"American Society of Muslims\".The group largely accepted beliefs and practices based on mainstream Sunni Islam, abandoning many of the distinctive claims of the founders of the Nation of Islam. W.D. Mohammed retired as the leader of the association in 2003, and established a charity called The Mosque Cares. The organization disbanded shortly after Mohammed retired in 2003.".